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Die Another Day
on DVD (2002)
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| Starring: |
Pierce Brosnan, Colin Salmon, Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike, Toby Stephens, Judi Dench, John Cleese, Rick Yune, Michael Madsen, Samantha Bond |
| Director: |
Lee Tamahori |
| Studio: |
MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time: |
127 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| User collections: |
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| Genres: |
Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Languages: |
English |
| Hearing-impaired: |
English |
| Subtitles: |
Dutch, English |
| Released: |
02/05/2003
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Brief synopsis of Die Another Day
In DIE ANOTHER DAY, the 20th James Bond adventure, 007 (Pierce Brosnan) gets off to a rough start when he's captured and subsequently tortured during an assignment in North Korea. When the suave secret agent is eventually liberated, he embarks on a dangerous mission that involves tracking a terrorist named Zao (Rick Yune) to Cuba, where 007 also encounters Jinx (Halle Berry), a highly formidable and alluring fellow spy. Soon Bond is back in England following a mysterious trail that leads to Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens), a flamboyant diamond mogul. After a rather bloody introduction, Graves invites 007 to Iceland, where he plans to unveil his enigmatic Icarus project. Before long, Bond and Jinx are reunited and battling Graves, Zao, and other villains bent on world domination.
With this Bond installment, directed by Lee Tamahori, 007 catches up with the 21st century, and the results are grittier and more explosive than ever before. Although it begins as one of the darkest and most violent Bond films, the intense mood of DIE ANOTHER DAY is also counterbalanced by typically clever and funny moments. Brosnan is in fine form as the iconic hero, while Berry shines as the immediately likeable Jinx. Stephens and Yune are excellent as the two main bad guys, and the rest of the cast--including Judi Dench, John Cleese, Rosamund Pike, and Michael Madsen--provide key supporting roles. With its hi-tech gadgets and special-effects-laden set pieces, DIE ANOTHER DAY clearly has its eye on the future, but in numerous scenes it also lovingly embraces the past, placing the film in the upper tier of Bond movies.
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Die Another Day - Feature
Pierce Brosnan is back once more as 007. The story begins in the demilitarised zone between North and South k...
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Critics Reviews
Radio Times
There are only two “cons” to this 20th James Bond adventure, and both involve Madonna — firstly, the singer's grating theme song and, secondly, her dire cameo as a fencing instructor. These trivialities aside, it's heartening that the much loved Boys' Own franchise has rarely looked better, even if the familiar “quash the evil megalomaniac and unmask the traitor” plotline is more preposterous than ever. Such continued vigour is largely down to director Lee Tamahori's fluid style and the relentless pace that effortlessly propels the film's intense action around the globe. From North Korea and London to Cuba and a dazzling Icelandic snow-palace, the locations are as inspired as the frequent set pieces. Pierce Brosnan, as a betrayed and vengeful 007, is on particularly fine form, combining the secret agent's usual charm and throwaway wit with true toughness and a streak of venom. Such character-broadening traits ensure that the format never feels stale, while the introduction of Halle Berry as a genuinely equal, if underdeveloped, female sidekick is a definite coup.
Halliwell's Film Guide
Bond's adventures have grown more risible with the years and this, which has him driving around an ice-palace in an invisible car, is more ridiculous than any that have gone before; Brosnan carries it off with suave charm, with some sex appeal added by Ha
Variety
"...Brosnan once again proves more than up to the task of filling bond's shoes and, especially in the early going, gives the character some dark and nasty shadings that reveal a welcome desire to take Bond back to Ian Fleming-based basics..."
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